Sentences with phrase «redistricting sacrificial lamb»
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Interestingly, the subtext of the NY - 9 special was all about redistricting, with much speculation about what will happen now that the Democrats» assumed sacrificial lamb, Assemblyman David Weprin, failed to win.
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«It was all about timing... just look how late in the game the redistricting is,» said Cefalo who refused to be a «sacrificial lamb» just to be the token resistance to another term for Braunstein.
Buerkle is increasingly mentioned as a potential sacrificial lamb for the Republicans when it comes to eliminating one of the two House seats New York will lose in the next round of redistricting — particularly since GOP Rep. Bob Turner's surprise win in the NY - 9 special election.